Didn't think I'd feel this horrible

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Oh, man....I took test this morning, and I'm totally torn up. I could tell partway through (like around 40 questions) that I was screwing up; I got some easy questions....and then some kickass hard questions....so I didn't know what to think! I'd get a couple of questions that seemed "too easy" and I'd tell myself I have to step it up a notch, I'm screwing up....and then I'd see questions that made me think "I'm supposed to KNOW this?!?". Sigh.

Then there were the questions that looked like they were supposed to be easy (or easier) and STILL I didn't know the answer!! I swear I guessed more than anything, and I don't feel comfortable that I guessed correctly. Not at all :crying2:

I just KNEW when I got to the 60's, 70, this thing was NOT gonna turn off at 75. So I wasn't shocked when it didn't. However, it DID stop at 79! Totally clueless here....the last four questions apparently were enough to tell the computer I know what I'm doing, or I shouldn't get a license! AND, to make me feel worse, I'm pretty sure I got two of the last four WRONG! Although I *think* I got the last one right...

Ok, ok, getting the last one right or wrong doesn't decide. But still, having FOUR questions above the minimum is disconcerting to me. Particularly since I don't have any confidence in answering those last four correctly.

I had two or three math. Not normal dosage, drip rate math. Math for units per ml per hour per minute per....crap, I had NO clue! Was hoping it was "hard enough" that I was still in the ballgame. Actually, two straight maths, one where you had to DO the math (same kind of horrific, convoluted stuff!) to answer a multiple choice correctly.

I had a bunch of meds. Apparently a weak area for me, since I had alot of them. I DID have a lot of prioritizing, such as "who you see first, who you call first" as well as "which procedure do you do first". I had all of one delegation question, and THAT was a weird "reverse" one: you have an RN and an LPN, which pt does the RN get....and THREE of the four choices I wanted to give the RN!!! Checked the question....read it right...only one for the RN.

Not a single blood question (infusing, reaction, etc). A precious few on anything to do with electrolytes (apparently answered these well enough to move on). Three r/t maternity, although one was really a med question. Nothing directly peds, although babies/kids were used in the procedures. Where were the questions on Addisons/Cushings? Psych? I had one. Two or three if you count meds :uhoh3: Where were the ABG questions? Not one. What about reading lab values? None...except I had to know the correct range for hematocrit to get one question correct. No blood, no urine values. No MI questions!

I feel totally sick. I'm really ready to cry, I feel like I blew this so badly.

My kaplan scores were great. My practice tests went well. I studied like a fanatic. And yet, after 79 questions, I feel absolutely nauseous.

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took mine today....... 75 questions..........i dont feel too good either

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wow u and i are in the same boat, except my test was for lpn. I to went just a few over the lowest amount of questions u can have. Lots of meds for me, about 6 womens health which didnt help since im a 21 y/o male : (

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I took my exam today also and had 76 questions! I am feeling very nervous!!!!!!!:uhoh3:

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Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.

We really should come up with a name for the post-NCLEX experience...something to describe the intense sinking feeling that you've just been tested and found DUMB.

REMEMBER: 85%+ people pass the NCLEX on their first try. I'm willing to bet 99.9% of them felt the exact same way ya'll are feeling ;)

I know I did :p

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Thanks, true...and in my head I know that, but my heart, well....it's totally shot! :sniff:

And now I'm thinking I saw way too many med-surge questions. Wondering if I actually killed the NCLEX patient. :crying2:

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Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.

**giggling**

You soooo did NOT kill the patient!! This, too, is a symptom of the PNDS (post NCLEX distress syndrome)

You're going to be a great nurse....you worry about all your patients..even the NCLEX ones :p

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You're going to be a great nurse....you worry about all your patients..even the NCLEX ones :p

LOL! Well, from your mouth to God's ears :) On the other hand, I sure did bend it a little on my own ;)

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I put some valuable info about how the CAT test works in this thread this morning:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/did-anyone-have-all-205-questions-state-boards-168775.html

I went through a much longer thread (over 330 posts) and pulled out some very relevant points.

Bottom line:

the number of questions you had doesn't matter.

how many you got right/wrong doesn't matter. In fact, I'll tell you: you got 50% right, and 50% wrong - SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE. It's the level of difficulty that matters.

All of you that took the test today, go see a movie, read a book for pleasure, relax. You can't change your answers now, so no sense dwelling on it.

Look on the bright side: I had to wait 3 MONTHS to get MY results back.

~faith,

Timothy.

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I put some valuable info about how the CAT test works in this thread this morning:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/did-anyone-have-all-205-questions-state-boards-168775.html

I went through a much longer thread (over 330 posts) and pulled out some very relevant points.

Bottom line:

the number of questions you had doesn't matter.

how many you got right/wrong doesn't matter. In fact, I'll tell you: you got 50% right, and 50% wrong - SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE. It's the level of difficulty that matters.

All of you that took the test today, go see a movie, read a book for pleasure, relax. You can't change your answers now, so no sense dwelling on it.

Look on the bright side: I had to wait 3 MONTHS to get MY results back.

~faith,

Timothy.

Hi, Timothy :)

Yep, I have been saying the same thing on these boards, but suddenly, when faced with the specific confusion of the situation, it's hard to not try to read more into those numbers than actually exists.

I know 79 is just a number, really, I do. My worry was more that I didn't convince the computer in 75 questions, so it used four more to determine (with 95% accuracy) that I was either competent or incompetent. My WORRY was (is?) that those four questions were a bust, and I fell too far down to be redeemed.

Who knows.

I will, in 43 hours :)

As far as relaxing goes, lol....I'm cleaning my computer room in between posts! :D

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Isn't it the most dreadful experience ever? At least you timed out at 79... i timed out at 265. Imagine the horror. I threw up 2 times since yesterday and didn't sleep last night. Lord help me.

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Oh my gosh! you are so lucky to find out your results so quickly!!! today is my 20th day waiting for my nclex-pn results, and I'm literally suffocating, can't stop thinking about it. At first, I felt horrible (cut off at 85), then I started getting more confidence, and now I feel like I totally failed again. I just wanna know!! I'm leaving for boot camp in 20 days, this is torture!

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